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Sexual Culture in the Literature of Medieval Britain
A Hopkins
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Description for Sexual Culture in the Literature of Medieval Britain
Hardback. An examination into aspects of the sexual as depicted in a variety of medieval texts, from Chaucer and Malory to romance and alchemical treatises. Editor(s): Hopkins, Amanda; Rouse, Robert; Rushton, Cory James. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 238 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
An examination into aspects of the sexual as depicted in a variety of medieval texts, from Chaucer and Malory to romance and alchemical treatises. It is often said that the past is a foreign country where they do things differently, and perhaps no type of "doing" is more fascinating than sexual desires and behaviours. Our modern view of medieval sexuality is characterised bya polarising dichotomy between the swooning love-struck knights and ladies of romance on one hand, and the darkly imagined and misogyny of an unenlightened "medieval" sexuality on the other. British medieval sexual culture also exhibits such dualities ... Read more
An examination into aspects of the sexual as depicted in a variety of medieval texts, from Chaucer and Malory to romance and alchemical treatises. It is often said that the past is a foreign country where they do things differently, and perhaps no type of "doing" is more fascinating than sexual desires and behaviours. Our modern view of medieval sexuality is characterised bya polarising dichotomy between the swooning love-struck knights and ladies of romance on one hand, and the darkly imagined and misogyny of an unenlightened "medieval" sexuality on the other. British medieval sexual culture also exhibits such dualities ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843843795
SKU
V9781843843795
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Ref
99-50
About A Hopkins
ROBERT ROUSE Associate Professor, Department of English at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. MEGAN G. LEITCH is the Professor and Chair of Medieval English Literature and Culture at the University of Groningen. ROBERT ROUSE Associate Professor, Department of English at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Reviews for Sexual Culture in the Literature of Medieval Britain
This collection successfully demonstrates the complexity of medieval sexual culture and would be useful for any with an interest in gender, sexuality, and Middle English romance.
CERAE
Highly recommended.
CHOICE
Sexual Culture in the Literature of Medieval Britain, with its nuanced and carefully researched and contextualized literary analyses, offers a crucial counterbalance to what is still ... Read more
CERAE
Highly recommended.
CHOICE
Sexual Culture in the Literature of Medieval Britain, with its nuanced and carefully researched and contextualized literary analyses, offers a crucial counterbalance to what is still ... Read more